Passenger-car construction.



L. E. FISCHER L G. w. BURTON.

PASSENGER CAR CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATIONl FILED 001121 191.1.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

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PASSENGER-CAR CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed October 21, 1911.

To all whom t may concern: f

Be it known that we, LOUIS E. FISCHER and GEORGE W. BURTON, citizens ofthe United States, residing at St. Louis, ,in the State of Missouri, andat Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State'oflllinois, respectively,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Passenger-CarConstructions, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification.

Our invention relates generally to passenger cars and especially toimprovements in that ltype of car designated near side car designed forstopping' onthe nearside of highway intersections. ,f

Our invention has in view a Oar adapted to nearside operation in whichnot only confusion in ingress and egress is avoided and convenient andexpeditious lmovement of passengers facilitated, but in which efficiencyof fare collection and convenient discharge by the conductor, oroperator, at forward end of car of the several duties devolving upon himis promoted.

Our invention further is intended to secure in operation added-safety toboth passengers and pedestrians.

In attaining these and other obj ectsv of our invention hereinafterappearing our car provides for an operators location preferably normallyisolated from passengers, oominanding observance of all persons boardingcar and enabling better control with reference to objects as approachedon the track.

Further our invention provides forl entrance of passengers normally atforward end only of car and for departure normally by separate exit soremoved from ingress point as to avoid congestion in the movements ofpassengers boarding and those leaving car.V

Our carprovldes also for initial entrance directly into passengersection.

Our invention further places the conductor normally on a plane abovethat of the passengers from which he can observe ingress and readilysecure fares of all passengers entering as well as witness eachpassengers departure from car.

Further our invention enables conductor Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

serial No. 656,000.

or'operator from the forward end of car Near shown in Fig.. 1, taken ona line above the floor of car and showing plan of car floor.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the car shown in Fig.y 1, takenat the front end of car on a plane passing through the operatorscompartment.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

As shown in Figs.' 1 and 2, the car body 1 is supportedupon' trucks 2and 3 in a manner well knownk in the art and in the same side of thevcaran ingress door 4L is disposed near the forwardend of the car and egressdoors 5 near themiddle of the car. The in- 'gress' door Lopens into aningress passage 6 which maybe on alevel with the main fioor 7 of the caror disposed Slightly below as shown in the drawings if preferred. The

ingresspassage 6 is separated from the body of the car only by means ofa railing 8 to direct the entering passengers through an entrance gate 9in front of the conductors station 10.y As indicated in Fig. 1 theconductor is located preferably upon a platform 11 elevated above themain floor 7 of the car so that he may be able to see clearly the entireinterior of the car Vover the heads ofthe passengers when any arestanding in the car, and in this way have an uninterrupted view of theegress doors 5.- -To further provide that he maywsee thecondiztion ofthe egress doors and whether passengers haveV entirely left the egressopening,- a mirror 12 isV provided as indicated to reflect totheconductor a view of the bottom of the egress passage and the stepsleading therefrom. A counter or shelf 13 is provided in front of theconductors position to facilitate the handling.

of the fares as the passengers enter the car. A stool 14 is alsoprovided so that the conductor may be seated during the normal dischargeof his duties.

The ingress door 4 is of the sliding type and has pivotally Connectedwith its upper end a lever 15 mounted at its lower end upon a rock shaft1G supported-by the supporting beams 17 of the front end of the car.rThe shaft 1G extends transversely of the car and carries in theoperators compartment 18 an upwardly extending lever 19 and at its endunder the conductor-s platform 11 has sccured to it an operating lever20 so that either the operator or the conductor may control the ingressdoor 4L as desired. T he entrance gate 9 has pivotally connectedtherewith by means of a link 21 a lever 22 pivotally supported at 23 andconnected at its lower end by means of a link 24 with the lower end ofthe operating lever 25 pivotally mounted at 26 by means of which theconductor may control the opening and the closing of the gate 9. Theegress doors are of the sliding type and are connected by links Q7 and28 with equalizing lever 29 pivotally mounted at 30, as a result ofwhich any motion imparted one of the doors is necessarily communicatedin an opposite direction to the other. The right hand edge of one of thedoors, as shown in Fig. 1, is pivotally connected with the upper end ofa lever 31 pivoted at 32 to a bracket 33 under the floor of the car. Thelever 31 has pivotally connected therewith a connecting rod 34 extendingforwardly and across the underside of the oor of the car to the lowerend of aA lever 35 pivotally supported at 36 in a position so that itsupper 'end may readily be grasped by the conductor to open or shut theegress doors 5. Thus, the conductor has control from his position of allof the doors or gates which can in any way restrict the movements of thepassengers either in entering or leaving the car. The car may beprovided with steps in connection with the ingress or egress doors,which steps may be of any desired construction, although we preferablyemploy the well known type in which the steps are folded out ofoperative position by the closing of the associated door or doors.

The operator of the car is located in a preferably closed compartment 18having a floor below the level of the ingress passage 6 and providedwith a ceiling 37 disposed at such a height as to give ample head-roomand at the same time form a convenient platform for the use of theconductor when it is necessary for him to attend to the trolley of thecar. The operators compartment 18 contains the usual electric controller38 and air brake controlling valve 39. `An entrance to the compartmentis preferably had by a front swinging door 40, although the compartmentmay also be provided if desired with a communicating passageway into theingress passage.

In the roof or deck of the car at its forward end is a trap door 41.

`lhile we have shown in the accompanying drawings and specification', aninclosed op-erators compartment wholly separated from the inside of thecar, it is to be understood that we do vnot limit ourselves toconstructing this compartment of any particular height, as it may be runto the roof of the car if desired, in which case a suitable ladder wouldbe provided to enable the conductor to control the trolley through thetrap door. Vith the inclosed type of operators compartment, it isfrequently desirable to have a window in the back of the compartment sothat the operator may readily see the inclosed passage.

Vhile we have shown our invention in the embodiments herein described,we do not,

however, limit ourselves to the mechanical constructions hereindisclosed, but desire to claim any equivalents that may suggestthemselves to those skilled in the art.

`What we claim is:

1. A passenger car in which the ingress passage, conductors platform andoperators section are on different horizontal planes.

2. A passenger car having an operators section and a conductors sectioncontiguous to each other transversely of the car.

3. A passenger car having an operators section and a conductors sectioneach in contact with the front of the car.

4. In a single deck type of passenger car, the combination of aninclosed main section and an operators section having a roofconstituting a platform inside of the main section.

5. In a passenger car, the combination of a single main section and anoperators section having a roof inside of said main section, said roofserving as a platform for the conductor in\ adjusting the trolley pole.

6. In a passenger car, the combination of a passenger section, aningress door, mechanism under the control of either the operator or theconductor or both for controlling the ingress door, and an egress doorunder sole control of conductor.

7. A passenger car having an ingress passage under joint and severalcontrol of operator and conductor and an egress door under exclusivecontrol of conductor.

8. In a passenger car, an ingress passage under `ioint and severalcontrol of operator and conductor, an egress door under .sole

trol of the conductor for restraining entrance to said ingress passageand movement of passengers between said ingress passage and egress door.

10. A passenger'car having an ingress passage under control of eithermotorman or conductor, an egress door under control of conductor andmeans under control of conductor for restraining movement from ingresspassage toward egress door.

11. In a passenger car, means under control of conductor for controllingentrance to and departure from car and movement within car of passengersafter they have boarded and before alighting from car.

1:2. In a passenger car, a main section and an operators section havinga floor below the floor of said main section and having a roof inside ofsaid main section.

1 3. A passenger car having a car body inclosing passenger section andingress passage and having an operators section de- LOUIS E. FISCHER.lVitnesses WV. L. MURPHY, F. J BLOCK. In Witness whereof, I hereuntosubscribe my name as joint inventor this 18th day of October', A. D.1911.

GEORGE W. BURTON.

Witnesses:

ALBERT O. BELL, ALBIN C. AHLBERG.

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